02-08-2006, 04:05 PM | #1 |
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I need to vent ...
Yesterday my union voted in favor of a strike if necessary ... in other words Ontario College teachers have empowered their bargaining team to bully management … going to the table with a strike mandate in you back pocket is not bargaining!
In recent years the Toronto High School Teachers Union did the exact same thing, eventually went on strike and were effectively neutered by the government and the general public … they now have a worse deal, and far less power. Such events set a precedence … understand that the High School teachers unions in Canada are quite possibly one of the wealthiest and most powerful political bodies in the country –they own the Toronto Maple leafs and Toronto Raptors for Pete’s sake! Regardless they were easily dismantled … something that has never before happened –economies have never been so tenuous and governments have never been so brazen. I am beyond angry … DID THEY NOT LEARN ANYTHING from the high school teachers, or From the NHL players union? &(*@!^~*# |
02-08-2006, 04:11 PM | #2 |
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Something I learned building airplanes a long time ago....
Unions care about Union Management. They care nothing for Union Employees. Unions are shit. They protect the lazy worker and keep down the good employee. They are helping kill the American economy...
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02-08-2006, 04:13 PM | #3 |
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Strikes can work sometimes. IMO its all about leverage. the thing I would be most concerned about is if your negotiators take a hard line and dont concede on some points. That is the key. Its like Big 3. Right now the labor unions pretty much just concede everything because if they don't then the GM/Ford/DC will shut down plants and build their cars oversees.
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tooblue - I hope things work out for you, my friend. Are there private colleges in Canada at which you can teach? Unions suck. When they came about, it was a good thing and necessary, but unions are now too powerful. The Tick is right - unions are for union managment, not the worker.
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02-09-2006, 01:49 AM | #6 |
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GM can't innovate, can't retool, can't cut costs, etc. etc.
It's only a matter of time before GM is bankrupt. Chrysler/Mercedes is looking ok. Ford is looking iffy, but better than GM. The days of 75k a year for tightening bolts are over. |
02-09-2006, 06:44 PM | #7 |
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Or look at the airline industry. Union contracts keep driving airlines into bankruptcy (well, that and business models that assumed perpetual fiat of government to keep quasi-monopolies in tact). But still.
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